Tag: Cash

Bankrupt Core Scientific to Buy 27K Bitmain Servers for $77M in Cash and Stock

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Shrapnel Web3 shooter won’t let US users cash out, thanks to Gensler

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The creators of blockchain game Shrapnel — an upcoming AAA first-person extraction shooter — will be cutting a part of its game for United States-based players, in order to avoid the potential ire of the country’s securities regulator. The game, which is due to launch in early access in December, will be unrestricted for players from Europe and Asia but gamers from the U.S. will not be able to cash out at all, says Shrapnel Head of Economy Francis Brankin in a Sept. 13 interview with Cointelegraph at Token 2049.…

Bitcoin Cash Price Signals Fresh Increase Despite Weakness in BTC and ETH

Bitcoin Cash price is holding the key $180 support against the US Dollar. BCH seems to be aiming for a fresh increase toward the $205 and $220 levels. Bitcoin cash price is showing positive signs above the $180 level against the US Dollar. The price is trading below $200 and the 100 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $189 on the 4-hour chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair is likely to accelerate higher…

Tornado Cash Co-founder Pleads Not Guilty to US Treasury Charges

The co-founder pleaded not guilty to all charges involving the alleged misuse of Tornado Cash for illicit activities. Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has pleaded not guilty to all money laundering and violations charges. Storm, who was arrested in August, was charged with fellow co-founder and developer Roman Semenov. An Inner City Press thread on X (formerly Twitter) live-reported the proceedings where Storm pleaded not guilty. The co-founder appeared in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. On August 23, the US Department of Treasury sanctioned the Tornado Cash execs,…

Tornado Cash case: crypto anonymity vs regulation 

The recent indictment of Tornado Cash developers brings the tension between crypto privacy and national security into sharp focus. What are the implications for the crypto world? One of the main issues affecting innovation is the potential for abuse by bad actors. Because of its pseudonymous nature, low cost, and ability to move vast sums, crypto has had its fair share of cases of misuse. Looking at the recent fiasco of Tornado Cash founders and the regulators, one could think that criminals are tipping the scales in the regulator’s favor. …

Tornado Cash alternative detailed in paper co-authored by Vitalik Buterin

Ethereum(ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin; core developer Ameen Soleimani; Jacob Illum of Chainalysis; and scholars Matthias Nadler and Fabian Schar have co-authored a research paper on a novel privacy protocol dubbed “Privacy Pools.” The paper presents a framework, positioning it as a potential successor to Tornado Cash, a privacy-centric service that recently came under regulatory scrutiny. Privacy Pools is a “smart contract-based privacy-enhancing protocol” designed to balance financial privacy and regulatory compliance. Using advanced cryptographic techniques like zero-knowledge proofs, the protocol verifies the legitimacy of user funds without revealing their complete…

Bitcoin Cash Traders Move Into Profit, But Can The Rally Continue?

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As the price of Bitcoin and the general crypto market has rallied, leading to a much-needed increase in price, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) investors are once again on a profitable path. The majority of investors are now in the green following its double-digit surge in the last week. But now the question posed is, will the price of BCH continue to maintain this surge? Bitcoin Cash Short And Long-Term Holders Enjoy Profits In a Thursday post, on-chain data tracking platform Santiment revealed that both short and long-term holders of Bitcoin Cash…

Bitcoin Cash Records Surprising 20% Rally

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and several prominent altcoins are experiencing an upward trajectory in their trading prices, attributed to a recent report indicating a favorable ruling by the US federal appeals court.  The court’s decision suggests that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) erred in its rejection of Grayscale’s application for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).  This development has once again underscored the impact of positive regulatory news on the sentiment and valuation of the cryptocurrency market. Regulatory Reassurance Boosts BCH, Overall Market Confidence The crypto market has long…